To establish relationships with other regional film schools and to generate an interest in Visions.
2. Who is the customer?
The heads and students of the film programs within the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Western Carolina University, the University of South Carolina Columbia, George Mason University, Drexel University, and Champlain College.
3. What are the deliverables of the project?
Our assembled team that will present during the college tour. We will pitch a brief introduction and basic information of Visions, screen a film block of previous Visions contenders, (maybe include) a brief overview of previous critical film studies essays accepted into Visions, and a Q&A with give aways. The give aways can include older Visions t-shirts and film-related goodies.
4. What is the budget?
About $300 for travel and board, but it will have to sufficiently increase if we tour to a school further away (ex Drexel or Champlain).
5. How long will it take?
Networking with potential partner schools will take quite sometime. I would like to have a selected film school who is interested in our college tour by early November so there is time permitted to properly coordinate and schedule the tour. The whole partner school college tour needs to be confirmed by late January and the actual tour will take place in the middle of March (Spring Break).
6. What specific skills are needed?
Organizational skills, networking, timeliness, and being persuasive so I can get the potential partner schools interested and invested in participating with our college tour. Being creative, public speaking, being persuasive, and good presentation skills will also be needed to further convince the partner school to submit to Visions and possibly travel to Wilmington for the festival after our visit during the college tour.
7. What special resources are needed?
A list of schools that frequently submitted to Visions during past festivals, a list of schools that have previously participated as a partner school, and techniques or approaches that worked successfully to recruit previous partner schools.
A list of schools that frequently submitted to Visions during past festivals, a list of schools that have previously participated as a partner school, and techniques or approaches that worked successfully to recruit previous partner schools.
8. Who is working the project? What is each person's job?
I am working on this project under the supervision of Shannon Boller. My job is to network with another film school so we can build a relationship with them and promote Visions. I will also organize and coordination the college tour in the spring.
9. What is the schedule?
Sept 29 - 2nd Partner School pitch and estimated budget
Sept 30-Oct 6 - Contact all Partner School candidates
Oct 12 - select final Partner School after I receive all responses
Oct 19 - contact the Partner School of choice and begin scheduling college tour
Oct 20-26 - Brainstorm college tour presentation and solidify a final budget for the trip
Nov 3 - Confirm the college tour date (sometime around Mar 5-13)
Nov 9 - Assemble a team for the college tour
10. What are the risks? (Small vs. large impact, likely vs. unlikely)
- Large impact, likely: Our partner school will not have any students travel to experience Visions
- Large impact, somewhat likely: There will not be as many submissions as we would hope from our partner school.
- Large impact, unlikely: Terrible weather conditions prevent students from the partner school to travel to Wilmington for Visions or vice-versa for us to travel to them for the college tour.
- Small impact, likely: Our college tour presentation is cut short due to scheduling difficulties at the partner school.
- Small impact, unlikely: Giveaways for the college tour presentation are forgotten. We can just buy small gifts or candy at a local shop nearby.
11. How will you communicate with your team?
It is only me working on this project at the moment, but I've been communicating closely with Shannon B. I also am planning to meet with Kevin to discuss his experience with partner schools from last year. I have briefly spoken to Adrienne as well and she helped me tremendously by letting know what was expected of my first partner school presentation.
12. How will you determine if the project is successful?
I will determine if the project was successful if we manage to network with a respected film school that it further from our small regional circle. Networking and touring at the partner school is not enough to consider it a success. My goal is to have students from our partner school travel all the way to Wilmington to experience Visions personally, not just submitting their films.
It is only me working on this project at the moment, but I've been communicating closely with Shannon B. I also am planning to meet with Kevin to discuss his experience with partner schools from last year. I have briefly spoken to Adrienne as well and she helped me tremendously by letting know what was expected of my first partner school presentation.
12. How will you determine if the project is successful?
I will determine if the project was successful if we manage to network with a respected film school that it further from our small regional circle. Networking and touring at the partner school is not enough to consider it a success. My goal is to have students from our partner school travel all the way to Wilmington to experience Visions personally, not just submitting their films.
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